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Topic: Thumb Picking Backwards |
Larry Robbins
From:
Fort Edward, New York
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Posted 1 Feb 2006 4:02 pm |
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Tonight I noticed that when I need to play a note quickly, instead of, say, moving my whole hand back to the proper grip I will just pick the note by picking with my thumb backwards. Dont know when I picked this up but I seem to be doing it automaticaly. Seems to work ok but I just wondered if anyone else out there does this? I dont do it on my six string or dobro or lap steel.
I think maybe its because of the width of the span of the 10 strings just seems a faster way to go? Dont know...anyone? |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 1 Feb 2006 5:01 pm
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| Have used it for years. Jerry Byrd used it on his Steel Guitar Rag and Georgia Steel Guitar........and in various other places as well. Hand in there. |
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Pat Carlson
From:
Sutton, Nebraska, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Feb 2006 6:25 pm
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Wow I had never thought of this learned something new today Thanks. 
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The Lone Prairie Steeler Pat
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 1 Feb 2006 7:03 pm
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I do, when needed.
I think I learned it from Mike Sigler, or Tommy White.
Both of those guys have it in their "tool box'.
When working out a difficult passage I try many different fingerings, then decide which is the best to keep. It varies. |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2006 7:20 pm
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| But the pick falls off. |
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Billy Carr
From:
Seminary, Mississippi, USA (deceased)
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Posted 2 Feb 2006 12:47 am
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| I use a backwards rake using the thumb sometimes to get a 7th chord on the bass strings but it's mostly a quick passing chord on the S-12U with the #9 B string being raised to a D note. |
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Klaus Caprani
From:
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted 2 Feb 2006 2:27 am
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I seem to comply with Earnest here. I do it myself from time to time, but I find it difficult and often have to press the thumbpick back in place on the fly.
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Klaus Caprani
MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com
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Larry Robbins
From:
Fort Edward, New York
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Posted 2 Feb 2006 12:28 pm
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I am not recomending this as an example of good technique! It's just something that I noticed I was doing and wondered if I was the only strange duck! 
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SHO~BUDS,FENDER AMPS& GUITARS, TUT TAYLOR RESO'S
"What a long, strange trip it's been"
[This message was edited by Larry Robbins on 02 February 2006 at 12:29 PM.] |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2006 7:28 am
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Have any of you tried Fred Kelly speed picks? Great for me and they stay on the think and do no move around. Nylon construction and keep theor shape, even after a trip thru the clothes dryer!
http://www.fredkellypicks.com/ |
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Gary Preston
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 7:56 am
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| Larry i think that Tommy White does this very often .Or at least thats what i'm told . G.P. [This message was edited by Gary Preston on 06 February 2006 at 07:57 AM.] |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 7:37 pm
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| Tommy picks with the back side of his thumb pick?? I guess everybody uses the back side of the thumb pick for rakes from time to time.But for single string riffs? How would you get enough attact to match the notes played with the front side of the thumb pick or finger picks? Thanks..bb |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 8:45 pm
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| yuk.. the concept is alien to me.. Never even attempted it....bob [This message was edited by Bob Carlucci on 06 February 2006 at 08:46 PM.] |
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